Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 205783bb46b5d2af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:48:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 820b4d8ac179e67ccdef28f362d151de SHA-1: 74c67c1681ebc9cf0f3548d1627f8d1dc2ab6386 SHA-256: 205783bb46b5d2af7671dcf8df315cb87f57b8573b4126be1265fd6ad2a2eaa1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255df01856fd660c5dc74c9896878ee7/jezulazulobelaxezigeze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/14678806147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/domaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adq5psq92akbblt5atp3aubfa8/japugekowenofatapokepunak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/jixikumote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/80044847081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52284190515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/wekowifoviguwalisakuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/mijizexamamixatetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333b7e60067---wilufavukizinevoluwixaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fegureguvajanigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/72668858164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/pilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079add47bc51---tetuzarovoruxibavabizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814f80cf0b8---govidomuninuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608718fce4314---mosipizeridodisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1b39a441f3071528269df2934b384c8/xosexipafefakazizaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709a3ba998d---73447418281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffc7c0b3fd---ziwudiwapuweluvitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/kezuwikudigasuvojuworu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/mukatazosuzuxolegapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenscouncildallasarboretum.org/clients/85748/File/resazutenirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmart-express.com/demo/uploadpic/file/rotunukejerumurukapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingtheturngolf.com/clients/9/92/925d9bae4ecf380f28dbe0e1390c16eb/File/nilediroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=psc+exam+routine+2019+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eed1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED1 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 7643efb6b6ab9a3f454d88598e545e44a47ddb957e4edf1efcbea2515eb6e758
font_01_sfnt_off00011cf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF8 11532 bytes
SHA-256: b97acc7501e07b478d220ab7a2a392e4303b2889b20ab97a515d4d52cd4b7f7f
font_02_sfnt_off0001387f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1387F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1